CNG 94, Lot: 1526. Estimate $300. Sold for $410. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Manuel I Comnenus. 1143-1180. AV Hyperpyron (30mm, 4.42 g, 5h). Constantinople mint. Struck circa 1167-1173. Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator / Manuel standing facing, holding labarum and patriarchal cross on globe, being crowned by manus Dei; nine pellets on collar; cross and star on chlamys. DOC 1e.11; SB 1956. EF, waviness in margins, graffito ‘K’ in margin on obverse, ‘A’ on reverse.